National Academy of Engineering Elects 34 Sigma XI Members

National Academy of Engineering Elects 34 Sigma XI Members

Thirty-four Sigma Xi members were among the 66 new members and ten foreign associates elected in February to the National Academy of Engineering.

New Members

Michael I. Baskes (SX 1966), adjunct professor, department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, University of California, San Diego. For contributions to the embedded atom method for predicting the structure and properties of metals and afloys.

Jared L. Cohon (SX 1988), president and professor of civil and environmental engineering, Carnegie Mellon University. For contributions to environmental systems analysis and national policy and leadership in higher education.

James J. Coleman (SX 1975), Intel Alumni Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, professor of materials science and engineering, and director of the Semiconductor Laser Laboratory, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign. For contributions to semiconductor lasers and photonic materials.

Richard Hogg (SX 1971), professor emeritus of mineral processing and geoenvironmental engineering, Pennsylvania State University. For contributions to the science and engineering of coagulation and fiocculation in particulate systems.

Richard Wilker Korsmeyer (SX 1982), senior research fellow and head of business development and licensing for pharmaceutical sciences, Pfizer Inc., New London, Connecticut. For contributions to drug delivery formulations and medical devices.

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